Iran
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 2026869
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 11 men executed on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on January 31
Mahnaz Roshani (W), Mehrdad Siahi, Aref Hashemi
- JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A physician couple arrested for treating protesters
Masoud Ebadifard Azari and Parisa Porkar
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 34th day of protests: 6,563 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under review
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 14 Lors killed during protests
In Nurabad between January 8 and 10, 2026
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Abbasi, a transgender man, killed during protests
- JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EU Designates Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Organization
- JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of 1449 Martyrs of the Nationwide Uprising Released
- JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Azizi and Karim Nazri executed in Taybad on January 29
JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 33rd day of protests: Arrests, Incommunicado Detention and Unknown Fate of Disappeared
JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Day 33 of the Protests: 6,479 confirmed deaths, 17,091 still under investigation
EU Designates IRGC as a Terrorist Organization as Repression Persists
JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Rahimi amongst the killed